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Monday, April 6, 2015

He is not here. He is risen.

I hope you all had a great Easter this week! What an
amazing time it is to remember our Savior and the sacrifice he made for us. And
also the miracle of His resurrection. With Him and through Him, all things are
possible.

This
week was a bit different with contacting because we decided to make a video for
#becausehelives! We went around campus with chalk boards asking people to tell
us what is possible because He lives then to write it down and we took a
picture. We got some amazing people
who were way down to do it, and others not so much. Either or, it is amazing to
see how many people believe in the Savior and to see how he has helped them.
Sister Love and I even went downtown into the city and got some good pictures!
We met some of the most humble people there who all just love Christ! Whether
they were light, dark, homeless, or rich we were all united in the same belief
in Christ. It was really cool.

One
homeless man wrote “because He lives, happy with Him.” At first I really did not
get it but I thought he was just the cutest thing so we got a picture. As I
have pondered His words I realized what he meant. Happy with Him. Because He
lives we can be happy with Him one day. We can be happy with Him today! If we
just open our hearts and let Him in we can be happy. I could see how happy
Christ made the homeless man and I hope that when I go through trials and life
isn't going where I want it to I can still be “happy with Him”.

We
taught Josh this week! He is a referral and he is AWESOME! He wants to find a
church for him that clicks! He said he is “old fashioned” and he likes when
woman cover themselves up and men respect them. Hmmm.. I think Josh is in the
right place haha! I will probably be talking more about him because he is
amazing!

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE CONFERENCE!! AH! It was amazing! My favorite quote from Saturday, “Love grows stronger” – Boyd K. Packer.
Through all trials we have in our lives love grows stronger. Satan wants
nothing more than to destroy the love in a family! We can’t let him do that! It
is so interesting how many talks talked about family. It shows that we all need
to strengthen our family unit and come closer to the Lord together!:) In
between sessions we dyed Easter eggs! It was really fun.J We also made cute little cupcakes. Amy came to conference and really enjoyed it! It is so cool
to see the light of Christ shining through her! She loves this gospel. And she
thought the Prophet is just the cutest thing alive. Which I agree.

We
showed the video we made and the spirit was so strong. Amy was straight up
crying and so were many others. One guy came to watch it and felt the spirit so
strong he stayed for conference! It made walking around in the rain for 3 hours
with a chalk board totally worth it! If you want go and watch it! It is on the missions facebook under Ohio Columbus
Mission –President Daines.

Sunday
was beautiful! I woke up and opened a box my parents sent me and it had lots of
candy and surprises! I just love them!
Even thousands of miles away they make me feel so special.J We got ready and got to go to the
mission home to watch the morning session with President and Sister Daines! It
was a once in a life time opportunity. It was Easter, conference, I am a
missionary and I got to watch it with my mission President. Life is good! They cooked us a big yummy breakfast!
Fruit, eggs, waffles, bacon, ohhh my goodness. They are the best! Then we all
got blankets cuddled up on the couch with treats and watched the first session. It
was SUPER good!! Can we talk about
the 3 new temples?:) Ah! So exciting!:) I loved Elder Hollands talk. I loved
how he just talked about how Christ will never let us fall. Like the story he
shared where the boys brother grasped onto him just before he fell. Christ will
do the same for us! He loves us and his always there for us!

This weekend is the best possible way I could ever
celebrate Christ’s resurrection. He lives! Reach out. Call out. He is here. I
know He lives, and I know one day I will be able to wrap my arms around Him and
thank Him for all he has done for me. I will never be able to comprehend the
love He has for me but I know I feel it everyday! Hope you all have a great
week!:) LOVE YOU!

Our
locks are supposed to be locked.. but not when it come to Brutus:)